Stone v. Williams

Thompson, Justice.

In 1958, Harlan Williams bought lots 17, 18, 19, and 20 of Westboundary Subdivision in Dalton, Georgia, and, one year later, he purchased adjoining lot 16. At all times between 1958 and his death in 1993, Mr. Williams’s name appeared as the sole owner on the deeds to all five lots (referred to collectively as 813 and 815 Vernon Avenue). Flora Stone, Mr. Williams’s sister, lived in one of the two houses on the property; but Mr. Williams paid all taxes and insurance, and collected all rents, on the properties.

Williams died intestate in 1993. Thereafter, his widow, Jane…